5.75 min video from when I turned off the A16 heading for the Bluestone Heath Road. That was the theory but with my usual fantastic navigation skills, just after passing a cyclist, I went straight through the crossroads where I should have turned left:
Much as I tried it seems very difficult to show the full effect with photos but here are a few from the vantage point where I stopped on a wide verge to let Penny stretch her legs and brave a cool breeze. Where conditions had been bright and Sunny before setting off they soon turned duller with thick cloud cover. To rescue some colour and contrast these photos were tweaked using the Contrasted Light_14 filter in Simply HDR.
The battle wagon parked up:
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5.5 min video. Part of the return journey on the A16 turning right at the roundabout at the top of Kenwick Hill where the road drops off the edge of the Wolds down to the Lincolnshire coastal plain:
I found the Honda Jazz somewhat noisier with wind and road noise than the Mitsubishi Charisma but to make up for that it gave me 54.4mpg over the 30 mile round trip.
Sad to read that Lincolnshire's narrow roads are becoming more dangerous again. This month, with a week to go, has turned out to be the worst for several years with 14 RTAs. Unfortunately six of those have ended with fatalities. No so long ago two of our roads were listed among the most dangerous in the country.
Glad to see you out and about. I never realised there were so many accidents in Lincolnshire.
ReplyDeleteAdrian: No so long ago the worst roads for accidents were called Red Routes. They had large signs showing the total accidents and fatalities on each which were kept up to date every week.
Deleteyes, i'd have to say, my honda civic has a lot of road noise thru the window areas, too. but glad the gas mileage is great!
ReplyDeleteTWG: I was very pleased with the low fuel consumption.
DeleteMy chief thought of Lincolnshire travelling is the endless fields of cabbages along the A15
ReplyDeleteSDT: It can get a bit like that in some areas.
DeleteThose two videos plus the stills were great. Very interesting countryside and different from the very flat places you have shown before. Thanks - I always enjoy your videos.
ReplyDeleteMick: Thank you. Lincolnshire is mainly arable land and always looks great when there is so much green about.
DeleteThank you so much for a drive through the countryside ~ and back. Also for including a couple of roundabouts...my eyes are still wobbling about trying to figure them out :) I don't know if I've mentioned this, but the first time I returned to England in 1992, we rented a car and followed the one in front of us to get the hang of driving on the other side of the road. We ended up on the Isle of Wight... when I mentioned this to someone over there, they asked where we were planning to go...and I said Scotland. Brought a laugh... ;)
ReplyDeleteGlo: My pleasure. Ha ha. I can't imagine going round a roundabout in the opposite direction either.
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